SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
A Texas nurse was convicted Tuesday of capital murder in the deaths of four patients who died after prosecutors say he injected them with air following heart surgeries.
The Smith County jury deliberated for about an hour before finding William George Davis, of Hallsville, guilty of capital murder involving multiple victims. Prosecutors planned to seek the death penalty during the sentencing phase, which was scheduled to start Wednesday.
Davis, 37, was accused of injecting air into the four patients arteries after they underwent heart surgery at the Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler in 2017 and 2018. During recovery from their surgeries, the four -- John Lafferty, Ronald Clark, Christopher Greenway and Joseph Kalina -- suffered unexplained neurological problems and died.
During the trial, Dr. William Yarbrough, a Dallas-area pulmonologist and professor of internal medicine, explained to the jury how injecting air into the arterial system of the brain causes brain injury and death.
Yarbrough said he was able to determine there was air in the arterial system of the victims brains by viewing images from brain scans -- something he said he had never before observed in his decades in medicine.
He ruled out blood pressure problems or any other causes of death besides the injection of air, and said it must have happened after the surgeries because the complications occurred while the patients were in recovery.
Defense attorney Phillip Hayes told the jury that the hospital had issues and that Davis was a scapegoat who was only charged because he was there when the deaths occurred.
Prosecutor Chris Gatewood said during closing arguments that Davis liked to kill people. And prosecutor Jacob Putman said the hospital hadnt changed any of its procedures and hadnt had any similar incidents since Davis left.
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
8 pm |
| 20 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 22 KM/H
GUSTING TO 39 KM/H |
|
|
|
9 pm |
| 19 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 23 KM/H
GUSTING TO 42 KM/H |
|
|
|
10 pm |
| 18 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 23 KM/H
GUSTING TO 41 KM/H |
|
|
|
11 pm |
| 16 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 22 KM/H
GUSTING TO 39 KM/H |
|
|
|
12 am |
| 14 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 20 KM/H
GUSTING TO 36 KM/H |
|
|
 |
1 am |
| 12 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 19 KM/H
GUSTING TO 34 KM/H |
|
|
|
2 am |
| 11 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 19 KM/H
GUSTING TO 33 KM/H |
|
|
|
3 am |
| 11 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 18 KM/H
GUSTING TO 32 KM/H |
|
|
|
 |
TODAY |
HIGH OF 22 ℃
LOW OF 8 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
 |
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF 21 ℃
LOW OF 10 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF 25 ℃
LOW OF 10 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF 23 ℃
LOW OF 13 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
|
|
 |
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 18 ℃
LOW OF 10 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 14 ℃
LOW OF 6 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 15 ℃
LOW OF 5 ℃ |
| MODERATE RAIN |
|
|
|
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 13 ℃
LOW OF 7 ℃ |
| MODERATE RAIN |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
| Ravin Accessories Sale – Save Up to $50 + Free Shipping! |
| |
| Save $25 on $150+ or $50 on $250+ of qualifying Ravin accessories. Enjoy free shipping on orders over $399. While supplies last! |
| |
| Ends Sept 27 at 11:59 PM EDT. While supplies last. |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
BLAKE SHELTON
LIFES BEEN COMIN TOO FAST
07:58 PM |
|
 |
GEORGE CANYON
DAUGHTER OF THE SUN
07:55 PM |
|
 |
LILY ROSE
EAST TO WEST
07:52 PM |
|
 |
THOMAS RHETT
OLD TRICKS
07:49 PM |
|
 |
TENILLE TOWNES
THING THAT BROUGHT ME HERE
07:43 PM |
|
 |
CHRIS YOUNG
EVERYBODY GREW UP
07:40 PM |
|
 |
BRANDON DAVIS
DAISIES
07:37 PM |
|
 |
DIERKS BENTLEY
BROKEN BRANCHES
07:34 PM |
|
 |
JESSIE JAMES DECKER
THE GIRLS IN MY HOMETOWN
07:30 PM |
|
 |
KELSEA BALLERINI
I WOULD WOULD YOU
07:27 PM |
|
 
 |
